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Archive for December 22nd, 2007

Mexico’s Grupo Elektra orders VSAT equipment from Gilat

December 22nd, 2007 by

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected by Mexico’s Grupo Elektra to provide a SkyEdge satellite hub station and 1,964 VSATs for use in several Latin American countries including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador, Panama and Argentina.

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Inmarsat, MSV to co-operate on North American L-band operations

December 22nd, 2007 by

SkyTerra Communications, Inc., Inmarsat plc, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc. (MSV Canada) announced that the companies have reached a comprehensive co-operative agreement for L-band operations in North America.

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‘Conflict of interest’ delays Mars mission by two years

December 22nd, 2007 by

NASA announced that the next mission in the Mars Scout programme, originally planned for launch in 2011, is now targeted for launch in 2013.

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Boeing to build up to four new TDRS satellites

December 22nd, 2007 by

NASA has awarded a contract to Boeing Satellite Systems for two satellites that will replenish the NASA communication relay network, which provides telecommunications links between low Earth orbiting spacecraft and the ground.

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Launch dates for Polaris, Cartosat 2

December 22nd, 2007 by

ISRO has set the launch dates for an Israeli spy satellite and its own Cartosat-2.

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Last Ariane launch in 2007 successful

December 22nd, 2007 by

Rocket: Ariane 5 GS; Payload: RASCOM-QAF 1, Horizons-2; Date: 21 December 2007, 2142 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guyana. The satellites were successfully placed in their target orbits.

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